Washing-machine



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

J NO. S. GRAY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSEIJF, AND DAVIDLYMAN,

OF MIDDLEFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,735, dated January 3, 1860.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN S. GRAY, of Hartford, county of Hartford, andState of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Attachmentfor IVashing-Machines, patented July 3l, 1859; and I do hereby declarethat the same is described and represented in the followingspecification and drawings; and to enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same I will proceed to describe its construction andoperation, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicatelike parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement consists in securing a roller arrangementto the so called Metropolitan washing machine (patented July 3l 1855,No. 13,356, as an additional improvement thereto in order to perfeet itmore perfectly for use and trade) in an adjustable andV detachablemanner, so that it may be entirely removed from the machine withoutremoving any fastenings, or so that it may remain attached to themachine and be turned over out of the way by means of butts, while thewashing is be ing performed. Then the pounder is lifted out one side andthe roller arrangement returned to its place in readiness to receive theclothes and squeeze the suds therefrom, and deliver them into a basketust back of the machine.

In the accompanying drawing is shown a sectional view of my attachmentas applied to the machine above referred to.

A, is the tub in which the clothes are placed for pounding, cleansing,&c.

B is the frame work.

C, are wood rollers.

D is an elastic covering for the rollers C and is designed to be made intubular form and of suiicient thickness and elasticity to allow it toyield to a wadded or hard substance that may ass through them.

E is an open unnel to guide the clothes from the tub to the rollers C,D.

G is a crank by which the rollers are operated.

B are brackets, secured to the tub, having slits F.

turned over from the tub when not wantedv for use (as shown by redlines) or it may be readily removed entirely therefrom by lifting thebar H out of the slits F as shown by red lines.

The frame work may be secured to the tub, or boX, by means of forked, orslitted pieces attached, or made fast to the underside of the frame workB, so as to hold the roller frame in place, .the said forked, orslitted, pieces being made so as to just slip down each side and overthe edge of a tub, or box.

The rollers C are secured by and turn upon their bearings in the framework-the crank G is fitted to one of the rollers, for operating thesame.

The pounding, washing, or cleansing of the clothes is performed in theusual way. After the washing is done, the roller attachment is broughtup over onto the tub, the clothes are introduced through the open funnelE between the elastic rollers D, and by turning the crank G the clothesare drawn (by the united action and friction of the clothes and rollers)through between the rollers, and the suds squeezed eifectually therefromand runs back into the tub, while the clothes pass into a basket orother receptacle just back of the machine.

It may be here remarked that -while the so called Metropolitan washingmachine is giving good satisfaction, there is constant call forsomething to wring or squeeze the clothes after they are washed, that issimple and efficient in its operation.

The advantages to be derived by the use of this attachment over othersare, it can be readily turned over out of the way while the washing isbeing done-or it may be entirely removed from the tub without removingany fastenings, and quickly replaced when desired for use therebyaccomplishing the much desired object.

I am aware that rollers are not new for squeezing water out of cloth,and that slits, bars, and hinges have been used for securing Variousarticles in place, such therefore to the tub, or box, when arranged andoperseparately considered I do not c1aim,b ut ating substantially in themanner as and What I claim and desire to secure by Letfor the purposedescribed. ters Patent is- JOHN S. GRAY. 5 The combination of therollers C,C,Wth the Witnesses:

turning frame B, having proper forked, ory G. W. STORER, slittedprojections to secure the roller frame JEREMY W. BLISS.

